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Yeah, it feels like the Big Endorser list has winnowed down versus the classic era of Mark, the classic set necks/M22's'/X100B/etc.. but then again that was the age of the rock god, and there were lots out there seeking genuine innovation which Mark provided. Back then people were looking forward to the future to make guitars more sophisticated.. Put a maple CM140 against a maple Gibson L6S and there's just no comp, even though they're so similar. Today, however, most players are looking backward to those days and earlier, and fetishize those guitars .. especially since innovation consists of circuit boards going into guitars, etc.. guitars shouldn't be digital devices imo, but since amp heads like the Fractal aren't actual amps but reproducers of pre-existing amps, it follows that guitars will go in that direction. It's an odd, fractured time.

Nowadays the endorser list is a smattering of youtube and iTunes acts (aside from leftovers from the Mark era like Gambale/Howe/Holdsworth/Chaquico, and). The bass side is actually looking a bit better, despite the loss of Bjorn.

As far as the company and its relationship with artists go, it's the same artist rep that has bent over backwards for Bjorn the last however many years regardless of the company name (not calling out Bjorn, our artist rep bends over backwards for all of our endorsed artists, that's part of his job description!). We did try out Zack for a short while to test the waters with 2 reps but are just back to 1 now. I'm sure Ibanez has been trying to get at Bjorn for many years since T-Mac has been with them for a while too. Bjorn's a cool dude, there's no hard feelings and we wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors. I might go see them next week when T-Mac comes by SD!

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